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Apple 5G iPhones May See Up to 85 Million Units Shipped: Ming-Chi Kuo
The shipment estimate is additional to the non-5G variants of the iPhone 12 that are expected to launch in September 2020.
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Noted analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has claimed that the Cupertino-based tech giant Apple will sell between 80 to 85 million iPhones based on the draw of 5G connectivity. Kuo has revealed that Apple is on track to launch sub-GHz as well as sub-6GHz-plus-mmWave 5G iPhone models in the second half of 2020, Apple Insider reported on Monday. As per report, the iPhone 12 mmWave models will be available in five markets, including the United States, Canada, Japan, Korea, and the United Kingdom.
Additionally, the 5G variant of the iPhone 12 may come with advanced image sensor-shift stabilisation technology to click stable images without distortion when there is excessive motion. Currently, iPhone 11 Pro models feature optical image stabilisation for both photo and video, but only when using the wide-angle or telephoto lenses. But the use of sensor-shift technology will change this, as the stabilisation would apply to the camera sensor itself and not be dependent on any specific lens.
Recently, J.P. Morgan analyst Samik Chatterjee claimed that Apple will release a 5.4-inch iPhone, two 6.1-inch iPhones and one 6.7-inch iPhone with 5G connectivity in 2020. He predicts the company may introduce two high-end models (one 6.1-inch and one 6.7-inch) with support for mmWave, as well as a triple-lens camera and "world facing" 3D sensing for improved Augmented Reality capabilities.
While, two low-end models (6.1-inch, 5.4-inch) will not have mmWave or World facing 3D sensing, and will have a dual-lens camera.
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Automakers face a dilemma as more and more teenagers are declining to drive. College advertising may be the solution to reaching college students and capturing the youth market at full throttle.
Trends don’t look good for automakers. Teenagers are waiting longer to get their driver’s license, let alone a car. A recent article featured in the Chicago Tribune, Cars not a driving force for teens, drives this point home stating, “Many youths today are more interested in phones and social media than cars, a trend that has long-term implications for concerned automakers.” This is troublesome as cars use to symbolize a coming of age moment; having your own car signified freedom, adventure, and youth. While it can still represent those things, automakers have to be savvy when advertising to students and youth marketing.
Increasing discretionary spending among college students means college advertising is essential now more than ever. If college students recognize the advantages of your product, price does not have to be the determining factor when making purchases.
College students often get classified as poor or broke and to some extent that is true. According to American Student Assistance, “there is roughly somewhere between $902 billion and $1 trillion in total outstanding student loan debt in the United States today. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York reports $902B while the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau reports $1T.” The majority of college students today have to take out student loans to help them with their education costs and living expenses.

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The smart phone war has swung against Apple.
The Wall Street Journal reports
that a court in California has thrown out a request from Apple for a preliminary injunction reports blocking sales of Samsung's Galaxy products in the U.S. ahead of the crucial holiday-sales season. Apple has been locked in a patent war with Samsung across several continents. As the WSJ notes, the court decision is actually a big win for Samsung. "Friday's ruling will not extinguish the legal wrangling between the two tech giants and Apple's main complaint won't be heard until months from now. In the meantime, Samsung gets more of its products in front of more U.S. consumers. That is what Apple fears most."
Apple and Samsung are slugging it out with 20 lawsuits in 19 countries. This battle is expensive, dirty and desperate because Android systems, the main competitor to Apple, run on Samsung. But is it really about intellectual property?
The European Union says it has less to do with IP rights and far more to do with trying to illegally beat the snot out of the competition. Joaquín Almunia, the European Union's Competition Commissioner, in effect, its chief anti-trust regulator has said: "In the IT sector, it is obvious it is not the only case. Apple and Samsung is only one case where intellectual property rights can be used as an instrument to restrict competition"
And that is what this is all about.


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In an apparent bid to quell labor unrest, the Bangladeshi government raised the pay of millions of garment workers Sunday after coming under fire from laborers over disparity in their new wage structure.
State Minister for Labor and Employment Munnujan Sufian made the announcement Sunday night, saying wages for workers of all grades were raised proportionately following a special directive of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in this regard.In line with the new wage structure, grade-i workers will get the minimum monthly basic wage 18,257 taka, 15,416 taka for grade-II, 9,849 taka for grade-III, 9,347 taka for grade-IV and 8,875 for grade-V.The ministry, however, expressed the hope that the agitating workers will now return to their workplaces.The wage hike came hours after the Bangladesh apparel garment owners threatened to shut down thousands of factories if the workers continue demonstration.
The warning came following week-long protests by the workers in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country, leaving at least a laborer reportedly dead and scores of others injured.Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) President Siddiqur Rahman said factories across Bangladesh will be kept shut for an indefinite period from Monday if the workers do not return to their work stations.Tens of thousands garment workers have been staging demonstration since last Sunday.They alleged that the minimum monthly basic wage in grade-v had been increased by 51 percent to 8,000 taka from 5,300 taka with effect from December last year but in other grades pay hikes were not reflected proportionately.Like previous days, workers at key apparel hub Ashulia, on the outskirts of Dhaka, took to streets Sunday and clashed with the police.
At least 10 people were reportedly injured when police charged batons and used water cannons to disperse the unruly protesters from the streets.On Saturday, workers ransacked nearly a dozen factories in protests.Against this backdrop, Prime Minister Hasina on Sunday asked the relevant authorities to end the impasse and provide all the workers a proportionate salary increase.A tripartite committee with representatives from the government, union leaders and factory owners was formed to resolve the unrest.Bangladesh’s about 31-billion-U.S.-dollar apparel export sector comprises some 5,000 factories employing more than four million workers, 80 percent of whom are women. (1 U.S. dollar equals to about 84 taka).


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AT&T has partnered with Google to offer a special deal for customers who sign up for a new fiber-optic Internet plan or eligible phone plan with a 5G-enabled phone. These subscribers get six months of Stadia Pro, Google̵
This special deal will not incur any additional cost to customers and will be available from June 9th and will also include customers who upgrade to a fiber internet subscription. If you also need the hardware that will allow you to play on the TV in your living room, you have the option of purchasing the Stadia Premiere Edition bundle. This includes both a Stadia controller and a Chromecast Ultra and costs just $20.
The deal collaboration is a no-brainer for both parties. Google is getting a little more attention for its struggling Stadia service — which has endured the shutdown of its in-house game studio, among other things — and AT&T will likely see more customers upgrading to plans with extra bandwidth and reduced latency.


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It looks like a law proposing that all new cars and trucks be fitted with backup cameras will come into effect. It was first proposed back in 2007 by the Bush administration and if it passes it will be mandated for all new vehicles by 2014.
Ford Motor Company has already jumped on the bandwagon stating that most of its trucks and SUVs will have backup cameras by the end of 2011.
Having recently driven SUVs with and without backup cameras I must agree they are worthwhile. Personally, I think they should have been mandated for SUVs many years ago. They may not really be necessary for small cars but I must admit I ran over a briefcase once backing up in my VW GTI many years ago. A camera might have saved my case.
Until recently a backup camera was a costly option because it had to be included with an expensive navigation system in order to get the required monitor. But now it can be incorporated into a rear view mirror, as I experienced recently in a 2011 Chevrolet Equinox without a nav system. Furthermore, the cost of a simple video camera has dropped to a few dollars, so the added cost is not much.
The video system I experienced in the 2011 Infiniti QX56 the other week goes one step further with cameras that show the complete outline of the vehicle on all sides.
Aftermarket wireless backup camera systems have been available for some time for owners of trucks and SUVs who wish to add this safety item. Of course it's worth remembering that a backup camera also makes it so much easier to hitch up a trailer.


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Five on Friday: SaaS, Sales Channels and Signups
Featuring TechRepublic, Spotify, The Economist, WWD and PYMNTS
As you ponder “springing forward” this weekend to enjoy a little more daylight, check out this week’s Five on Friday. In this edition, TechRepublic offers five reasons for subscription companies to consider moving to SaaS, we examine Spotify’s business model, The Economist looks for subscription growth, WWD explores why retailers should keep using subscription boxes as a sales channel, and PYMNTS shares ways for subscription merchants to simplify and streamline signup processes.
5 Reasons to Move to SaaS
Is your company thinking about moving to SaaS for some of its critical functions? If so, you’ll want to read ‘5 Changes Companies Will See After Moving to SaaS’ by Andy Wolber for TechRepublic. Here are five reasons to consider how your company can benefit from SaaS:
- Better, more reliable networks
- Less need to invest in hardware
- More plug-and-play systems for easier upgrades
- Longer lifecycles for devices
- More time to integrate peripheral equipment like printers, copiers and scanners
Can Spotify Still Make Its Business Model Work?
Spotify calls itself the largest global music streaming subscription service, but is being the biggest company enough if you’re still losing money? In ‘Is Spotify Too Big to Fail or Is Subscription-Based Music Streaming Doomed,’ Rich Haridy explores the viability of the streaming music company’s IPO filing. Let’s look at some of the statistics Spotify provided in its SEC filing:
- As of December 31, 2017, Spotify had 159 million monthly active users, a 29 percent increase over the prior year.
- OF those, 71 million were paying premium subscribers, a 46 percent increase over the prior year.
- The company made $5 billion in 2017, $3.6 billion in 2016 and $2.4 million in 2015.
- That revenue was offset by net losses of $1.5 billion in 2017, $663 million and $283 million in 2015.
- Spotify users, free and paid, can access more than 35 million songs on Spotify through the Spotify app.
In its filing, Spotify reports that global music revenue is finally growing again due, in part, to streaming music. In 2016, for example, the industry hit $15.7 billion in global recorded music revenues, a 6 percent increase over the previous year. At the same time, costs have gone up for the industry, as streaming music services were ordered by the Copyright Royalty Board to increase royalties by 43.8 percent for the next years.
Given the company’s losses and increased expenses, is Spotify sustainable long-term? Haridy says, ‘With cheap, subscription-based music streaming Spotify has opened Pandora’s box, revealing a fundamentally flawed business model…but there is no turning back now.’
Three Ways to Simplify the Signup Process for Subscribers
Subscription merchants have a variety of different methods for signing up new customers. While there are no hard and fast rules, it makes sense that the easier the process is, the better the odds of completion will be. In a recent article, ‘Passwords, E-mail Verifications Can Add Friction to Subscription Signup Process,’ PYMTS suggested five ways to reduce the friction during the sign-up process. Here are three to consider:
- Use social media log-ins as a signup method. The most common is perhaps Facebook. Allowing prospective customers the option to signup using their Facebook account – which they are probably already logged into – streamlines the process for subscribers. It is one less password they have to remember, and the merchant has the added benefit that most accounts are created by real people.
- Have customers verify their email address. It is easy to mistype a letter or two in an email address. If your prospect transposes a couple of letters, they may never be able to access their account. PYMNTS suggests email verification either at the initial signup or, to reduce friction, verifying a customer’s email address the second time they sign in.
- Ask customers to verify their identity through cell phone verification. While this method is not commonly used, it is easy to do and can increase security for the user and the merchant. Users enter their phone number, click a button and get verified instantly.
How The Economist Quadrupled Subscription Profits in Four Years
According to Which-50, The Economist has quadrupled its subscription profits in the last four years, and that growth was driven by targeted marketing efforts, using data and technology to further its strategies. While the publisher previously relied heavily on ad revenue, about 70 percent of The Economist’s revenue now comes from subscriptions.
One strategy that has been successful is targeting millennials on Snapchat and Instagram as part of a multi-channel campaign. Using data as its guide, The Economist focused on university students who had ‘a high propensity to buy.’ The publisher found that 35 percent of those readers actually converted into subscribers.
‘What was really key was that we only pushed the campaigns out to people that we would model out who had a high propensity to actually buy something,’ said Steve Lok, head of marketing tech and ops at The Economist in an interview with Which-50.
Reviewing the company’s 2017 annual report, chairman Rupert Pennant-Rea explains a bit of the strategy.
‘The first and most obvious change is in our circulation strategy for The Economist itself. For several years, we have been reducing the number of cut-price sales of the newspaper, and last year we also raised subscription prices by no less than 20 percent,’ Pennant-Rea wrote. ‘The net effect was a sharp increase in the gross profit earned from circulation. More remarkably, the number of subscribers actually rose a little; and 73 percent of them now buy the digital offer, either on its own or in addition to the printed version, compared with 63 percent in the previous year.’
As a result of these successes, The Economist has increased the newspaper’s marketing budget for the next few years and the company hopes to reach out to earn a piece of the American audience. For more on The Economist’s search for subscription growth, read Tess Bennett’s ‘A Seismic Shift in Revenue: The Economist Eyes Further Subscription Growth’ on Which-50.com and the publisher’s 2017 annual report on EconomistGroup.com.
Why Retailers Are Flocking to the Subscription Model
As subscription boxes like Birch Box and meal kits like Blue Apron have grown in popularity, retailers have jumped on the subscription model bandwagon, including well-known retailers like Nordstrom, The Gap, Sephora, JCPenney and Target. Why? Because ecommerce behemoth Amazon has changed how people shop. To keep up, retailers need to explore new sales channels, says Georg Richter for WWD.
Through the subscription sales channel, retailers have the opportunity to reach broader audiences they couldn’t otherwise reach, to gather data about customer preferences that can be leveraged later, all while earning valuable recurring revenue in the process. As Richter explains, the regular retail model focuses on single transactions and average price per transaction. Subscription models, however, are focused on long-term relationships and lifetime value. Subscription companies may have a higher acquisition cost up front, but that is offset by recurring revenue received from satisfied customers.
As retail models evolve along with our shopping habits, Richter believes that subscription boxes will become a solid channel in an omnichannel strategy. For more on this topic, read Richter’s ‘Think Tank: Why Established Retailers Will Continue Adopting Subscription Models’ on WWD.com.


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The War of Goldline, Glenn Beck, and Rep. Anthony Weiner
The Democratic Congressman calls out an "unholy alliance"
Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner of New York declared in a press conference Tuesday that his office will be targeting Goldline--a gold-selling company he accuses of ripping off customers--and its prominent backers in the conservative media. He particularly focused on Glenn Beck's connections to Goldline. Weiner says the company falsely portrays itself as a credible investment adviser, while selling gold to customers at 190% of its market value and exploiting public fears for monetary gain. He also accuses Beck and other pundits of being complicit.
- What's Weiner Alleges CBS News' Brian Montopoli sums up.
Weiner accused Beck and other conservative spokespeople (among them Mark Levin and Fred Thompson) of using "their shows to prey on the public's fears of inflation and socialist takeovers while actively promoting the purchase of gold coins as insurance against this purported government overreach."
"Simply put, Goldline is little more than a gold peddler posing as an investment advisor, an unfortunate byproduct of the Tea Party movement," Weiner's office said.
Weiner has released a report detailing what he calls Beck and Goldline's use of "tall tales about the future of gold" to sell gold coins. In it, he says Goldline "grossly overcharges" for coins and "formed an unholy alliance with conservative pundits to drive a false narrative" that they are a good investment.
- Weiner's Plan Politico's Kenneth Vogel reports, "A member of the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, Weiner said he plans this week to introduce legislation to require Goldline and other precious metal retailers to fully disclose all their fees, how much the price of gold would need to rise in order for their customers’ investments to yield a profit, and the purchase price, melt value and resale value of the metal that constitutes their products. And he called on the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as the Federal Trade Commission to investigate 'the shady business practices conducted by Goldline International.'"
- Beck Defends: Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy? Glenn Beck on his radio show: "This is again another arm of this administration coming out to try to shut me down. This is absolutely incredible. Is there anybody that is going to say anything in the press at any time if you stand up against this White House? They have three, count them, three advisors of this president that have launched official campaigns boycotting my sponsors! Any sponsor that stays with me, now they are targeting through — you want to talk about the McCarthy era! Look at what this country is becoming!"
- Goldline's Clever Scam Mother Jones' Stephanie Mencimer investigates. "Twenty-franc Swiss coins are a little smaller than a nickel and contain a little less than two-tenths of an ounce of gold," she writes. "Goldline sets a 30 to 35 percent "spread" on the coins, meaning that it will pay $375 to buy back coins it's currently selling for $500. At that rate, gold prices would have to jump by a third just for customers to recoup their investment, never mind making a profit. Investing in Goldline's 20 francs would be like buying a blue chip stock that lost a third of its value the minute it's purchased. It's difficult to think of any other investment that loses so much value almost instantly." Mencimer says Goldline uses aggressive and exploitative sales techniques to push the lucrative sells.
- Why Beck Is Complicit BuzzFlash's Jeffrey Joseph explains, "The conflict arises from the fact that Beck’s content, full of blatant fear mongering about the potential decline of society and of paper money, appears to fit too perfectly with Goldline’s advertising agenda. In effect, Beck’s content seems driven by his advertising, and since Beck’s rhetoric tends toward the extreme, it presents a noticeable danger to the public."
- Is This About Stifling Conservatives? Conservative blogger William Jacobson worries, "Why bother with a bit player like Goldline? Because Glenn Beck still is on the air despite a boycott which has succeeded in scaring away some advertisers, but not Goldline. ... We are in dangerous territory folks. The congressional power to investigate, and to pressure the executive branch to bring enforcement proceedings, is being used to support a partisan boycott and to stifle political dialogue."
- ...Or Consumer Protection? The Philadelphia Daily News' Will Bunch sighs, "That has nothing to do with this -- it's about consumer protection. If Beck endorsed companies that didn't use questionable sales tactics, there would be no story. And frankly, Weiner wouldn't even be involved if the SEC and the FTC had been doing their jobs in the first place." Bunch wonders if this scandal will end Beck's influence.


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After being hit by the pandemic last year and the second wave this year, the Indian economy has been growing slowly but gradually. There are many companies that have reported losses in their first quarterly report for 2021, while many have doubled their profits compared to last year.
Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL), for example, has also managed to double its net profit between January and March of this year compared to the profit obtained last year in the same quarter. In particular, many of Reliance’s businesses have not been running.
For example, the Oil to Chemicals vertical saw 4.5% revenue growth, however, profits declined to the same extent despite a one-time gain of ₹ 4,420 crore from the sale of its oil pumps. gasoline.
While, Trust Jio has reported a profit decline of almost 4% with a net profit of ₹ 3,508 crore. To add, Jio has reported more than 15 million new subscribers between January and March. But this may not benefit the company in the long run. According to many studies, it has been understood that many people regard Jio as their secondary simulator.
So how has Reliance made twice the benefits compared to the previous year?
The retail section of Reliance Industries has reportedly done quite well. On April 30, Reliance Retail, the retail arm of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), reported a 45 percent year-on-year increase in its net profit of Rs 2,247 crore by the end of the first quarter of 2021.
The company’s revenue for the period stood at Rs 47,064 crore, which was up 23.2 percent compared to last year.
The company said in a press release: “Reliance Retail offers resilient performance in the context of an unprecedented and challenging operating environment, arising out of the COVID pandemic situation that emerged earlier in the year.”
Despite the pandemic, Reliance Retail opened 1,456 stores in the year, bringing the total number of outlets to more than 12,000, covering more than 33 million square feet. However, Due to COVID19 restrictions, the company witnessed 65 percent of footfalls compared to last year, while only 80 percent of its stores were operational.
Reliance Trends’ small-town revenue has doubled over the year. This contributes about 50 percent of the brand’s sales. The company further reported that it has also integrated around 400 Reliance Trends Stores with JioMart.


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Google Music Ios App Reportedly Launching October. Google music app for ios reportedly coming in october. Posted by 8 years ago.
Posted by 8 years ago. Apparently the company is currently internally testing a native google music app for ios. There are already smart watches, as well as a growing number of people who buy them, although the market.
That's According To Engadget, Which Claims To Have Been Told By Sources Aware Of Google's Plans That A Native Google Play Music App Will Launch Later In October.
Google music app for ios reportedly launching really soon. All play music has been limited to computer and android devices, but that could change this month if the ios app finally launches. According to engadget, google plans to release a google play music app on ios sometime in.
Google Music App For Ios Reportedly Coming In October.
He previously said the pixel watch would launch on may 26. Apple iwatch reportedly launching in october with a curved oled display and ios 8 posted by valerie richardson on jun 06, 2014 in apple rumors , ios 8 , iwatch apple didn’t announce any hardware at the wwdc 2014 event , but it’s clear that the cupertino giant is cooking up the heavily rumored iwatch behind the scenes. Google will launch a version of its google music app for ios later this month, sources tell engadget.
Also, I Know Another Watch Brand That Uses Motion To Charge The Batteries, Forgot Who Made Those.
Apple reportedly launching various service bundles in october. According to a report, google music for ios may be launching later this month. On thursday, the gadget blog reported the news, saying the software is getting tested internally at google(s goog).
Youtuber Jon Prosser Suggests Google Will Tease The Pixel Watch In May At Google I/O Before Formally Launching The Device In October.
There are already smart watches, as well as a growing number of people who buy them, although the market. The service will reportedly offer users virtual workouts and classes through an ios app and apple tv. Sources aware of google’s plans have let slip to engadget that not only is the company currently testing a native google music ios.
Apple’s ‘Iradio’ Music Streaming Service Reportedly Launching This Year By Paul Morris | January 4Th, 2013 The Beginning Of Any New Year Always Brings With It A Renewed Sense Of Purpose In The Technology Industry, With Excitable Consumers Impatiently Waiting To See What Their Favorite Companies Will Release Into The Wild.
Reddit’s corner for everything apple ios & ipados. After launching on android back in may, it appears that google's play music all access service may finally make its way to ios this month. In that case i agree.


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Businesses turn to DNS service to filter the Web
It was about three years ago. One of the company's 120 pet hospital offices got hit with a Web-born virus. Already concerned that employees may be spending too much time on social networking sites, management decided that it was time to rein in Web surfing with some strict controls over where users could go on the Internet. "From that point, we just threw in the towel and said no more," said Aaron Brown, a technology project specialist with the company.
Brown's story isn't unique. The Web has become a dangerous place of late. According to security vendor Webroot, Web attacks are up 500 percent over the past two years, and 85 percent of malicious software is now distributed via the Web.
That's made Web blocking more important to business customers, but sometimes products that do this are too expensive or complex.
Three-year-old OpenDNS is best known as a free ad-based filtering service that is popular with schools, small businesses and home users. But last year, the company hired a new CEO, VMware's former security chief Nand Mulchandani. Under his leadership, it has begun selling its services to larger companies like National Veterinary Associates, a company in Westlake Village, California, that employs about 2,200 people.
On Monday, the company started talking about a new product, OpenDNS Enterprise, which it says it will ship by year's end to be sold on either a per-user or per-site basis. OpenDNS is also working on an ad-free consumer service that will cost less than US$20 per year.
Like the free service it's based on, OpenDNS Enterprise does not have all of the features that enterprise users can get from a larger company such as Websense. But because it uses the DNS (Domain Name System) system to do the filtering, it's extremely lightweight -- administrators turn it on by making some basic settings changes in the PC or router -- and it's less expensive than many products out there.
That's made it a good choice for administrators who have to remotely manage systems in a lot of locations.
It may also give it some traction with small- and medium-sized businesses, which have not been particularly well-served by many Web filtering vendors, according to Paul Roberts, an analyst with the 451 Group. As they look to renew licensees this year, "secure Web gateway vendors, whether it's Websense or Blue Coat, are encountering push-back," Roberts said. "Part of it is the economy and part of it is that there are other options."
Cosmetics retailer Lush started rolling out the free version of OpenDNS in all of its 150 North American retail stores about six months ago, in an effort to keep sales staff focused on customers. "A lot of people were browsing to places like Facebook and watching videos and stuff when they were actually supposed to be working," said Dale Hobbs, senior systems administrator with Lush in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Management wanted to rein in Web use, but most of the Web filtering products they considered required some kind of software or hardware installation. That would take time and money, Hobbs said. "For us to go in and install new appliances in every single shop was not financially feasible," he said.
Instead, IT staffers remotely logged into Windows systems, changed their settings so that they would use Open DNS servers, and then logged out. Typically it took just a few minutes, Hobbs said. "It was very easy for us to remote in to every one of our computers and just configure them for OpenDNS."
OpenDNS CTO David Ulevitch wouldn't say exactly what new features you'll get with OpenDNS Enterprise, but he said that it will come with a 24x7 support upgrade option and give users more control over how they filter sites.
The free version of OpenDNS caps the number of Web sites that can be "whitelisted" at 25, and it doesn't let users globally blacklist all unknown sites. Lush is now taking a look at OpenDNS Enterprise, which will let the company block all but a select group of pre-approved sites and whitelist many more, Hobbs said.
National Veterinary Associates has already purchased OpenDNS Enterprise, one of about 25 customers to do so as part of the company's early access program. Brown says that the enterprise version's improved reporting features and better level of filtering control make it worth the money.
But will other enterprises sign on as well? Ulevitch hopes so.
He says that the company's experience providing a consumer service will help it pick up new business in the long run. "Consumers are super-finicky and fickle. If you can make them happy, then it will be easy to make an enterprise happy."
"When AT&T 's service goes down, there's an FTC investigation," he added. "When the phones of the office go down, people just get a coffee or play ping pong."


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Microsoft announced its first 2017 Windows 10 update and the release of new products aimed for consumers with a big wallet who are willing to splurge on creative hardware. Though technology companies tend to design computer hardware centered on productivity, Microsoft’s new design incorporates efficiency and imagination.
Microsoft is calling the Windows 10 upgrade the “Creator’s Update” which is planned to be released in March of 2017. The update will include tools that allow working with 3D objects, self-broadcasting virtual reality games, an augmented reality, and a “mixed reality” accessible with HoloLens hardware. Microsoft also revealed the Surface Studio, an all-in-one desktop PC with a $2,999 price tag. The 28in desktop can also be laid flat and used like a tablet with a pen or touch. The Dial is a new accessory for the Surface Studio that when placed on the screen can enable it to work as a substitute input device for scrolling and zooming.
The company spoke about its target consumers, and stated that the next generation of customers are not just interested in productivity, but also on how a computer can be utilized for personal use. Though they have been urged to focus on efficiency to target commercial businesses, the company firmly believes that the Surface Studio will attract creative consumers as this update is the perfect blend of personal and professional capabilities. For now, Microsoft must wait to see how well its new designs will bring in customers, especially now when PCs sell at the same price as Apple computers.


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Eight years old. A market cap of around $100bn. 845 million monthly active users. 2.7 billion ‘likes’ and comments every day. 250 million photos uploaded daily. That’s right, Facebook is one of the biggest technology businesses in the world today. And soon, people will be able to own their tiny share of it.
Now that Zuckerberg’s statement of intent has been filed, expect a bit of brouhaha. Facebook is only looking to raise $5bn, half the amount predicted by analysts. To say that these shares will be oversubscribed is a staggering understatement. Not that we know what the share price is likely to be. Or how much of the company will be floated.
We do know that the IPO will value Zuckerberg’s 28.4% stake at the same figure in billions. 'Only in Silicon Valley can a $3.7billion revenue company be valued at $100 billion - that's a serious multiplier!' quips Chris Bishop, founder of digital media agency 7thingsmedia. But the famously publicity-shy founder is keen to stress that he’s not after just anyone’s money. He wants the right kind of investor to step up.
‘Facebook was not originally created to be a company,’ he says in his filing statement. ‘It was built to accomplish a social mission — to make the world more open and connected. We think it’s important that everyone who invests in Facebook understands what this mission means to us, how we make decisions and why we do the things we do.’
But is this flotation over-hyped? Marketing VP Matt Lawson from advertising platform Marin Software warns that future growth may be stymied by Facebook’s advertising model: ‘A lot of comparisons around Facebook’s IPO are being drawn with Google’s,’ he says. ‘However, in advertising terms it’s not really a comparison of apples with apples. Facebook operates an interruptive advertising format, which intersects a consumers interaction with friends online. Click-through rates for Facebook Ads on average 0.10% vs 2.36% for Google search ads. With the IPO, the pressure is on to produce more innovative paid advertising formats and better monetise the site.’
But Facebook's fate doesn't rely purely on advertising. It's fair to say that if the social network is to thrive, it will probably do so via revenue streams that haven't yet been decided on - or perhaps even invented yet. And this is why Zuckerberg is being so cautious in his mini-float ($5bn is small change to him, after all). Very few new shareholders are likely to have the cojones to spurn a quick buck (one that may damage Facebook's relationship with its users) in favour of long-term, gradual gains. But, by holding on to the lion's-share of control, Zuckerberg retains the power to tell any vultures to go jump.
And, make no mistake, increased revenue relies on the loyalty and growth of Facebook’s user base. As the BBC's technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones explains, ‘As it is not a paying service, if you are not the customer, you are the product.’ Facebook cannot generate vast sums in isolation; it is the users, sharing their data and eye-balling ads and featured profiles that are the goldmine here.
But this is a challenge to face tomorrow. Right now, MT is off to ‘like’ Zuckerberg’s new status update: ‘Facebook is now in a flotationship’.


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THE latest statistics from Mallorca’s Tourism Department display a changing trend in the hotel industry.The number of hotels on the island who offer tourists an ‘all inclusive’ holiday package has significantly decreased since 2010. Back then, a total of 165 hotel establishments with 81,078 places in Mallorca were ‘all inclusive’ and represented 18 per cent of the sector.The current percentage now sits below 12 per cent, according to the Tourism Department, as hotel owners forecast that a three per cent growth in prices could be achieved by adopting bed and breakfast or half board offers, which had shown to be more profitable.Areas where the all-inclusive offers have decreased considerably are Cala D’Or, Alcudia, Can Picafort, Calas de Mallorca, Cala Millor and Palmanova-Magaluf.
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Invoice finance experts call for greater collaboration to help SMEs access much needed cash
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Some of the leading voices in invoice financing have called for greater collaboration and transparency to help pave the way for SMEs to access finance.
In a recent online panel event, hosted and organised by Optimum Finance, a selection of business owners and leaders came together to explore how invoice finance can get businesses back on track in 2021.
Joining the debate were; Ant Persse, CEO of Optimum Finance, Philip King, the Small Business Commissioner, Warren Ralls from the British Business Bank (BBB), Josh Levy, CEO of Ultimate Finance, Evette Orams, managing director at Hilton-Baird, Steve Noble, managing director at Reward Capital, Martine Catton, CCO of Just Cashflow and James Hawksworth from RSM.
It was chaired by Glenn Blackman, managing partner of FundInvoice.
While government support measures including the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) and the Recovery Loan Scheme have played a vital role in carrying businesses through the survival phase of the pandemic, some businesses may have to consider alternative funding solutions.
Could now be an opportune time for non-traditional lenders to play a key role providing vital funding through asset-based lending to SMEs?
“It can play a huge role,” said Ant Persse, CEO of Optimum Finance.
“The bottom line is businesses don’t fail because they’re loss making, they fail because they run out of cash.
“It’s absolutely imperative that we support businesses with access to liquidity. The government, and with the support of BBB, have helped drive a significant amount of liquidity into the SME community over the last 12 months, and it has inevitably staved off several business failures, but the borrowings that have been taken, they need to be repaid.
“Businesses need to get back on track. They need access to liquidity. We know that there are hundreds of billions of pounds currently trapped in unpaid invoices at any one point in time.”
Persse pointed out that invoice finance grows with the growth of businesses.
“As as we see businesses come out and recover, invoice finance can certainly help because we would be advancing against the increases too,” he said.
James Hawksworth from RSM agreed.
“The nature of invoice finances means that it does grow with revenue,” he said.
“There are a lot of viable businesses that will see huge growth opportunities. Rishi Sunak said we’re going to see the strongest growth since WWII, so something is going to have to help manage that working capital and invoice financing would be very well placed to do that.”
Evette Orams, managing director at Hilton-Baird, recalled how invoice finance has helped UK SMEs during previous recessions, not just during but also in the aftermath too.
“It’s a brilliant tool for supporting businesses in boom-and-bust economies,” she said.
Martine Catton, CCO of Just Cashflow, suggested one of the biggest advantages of invoice financing over traditional banks was the ability to access flexible cash faster.
“It is difficult for any lender to judge where a business is heading, whereas with invoice finance it’s very clear because it’s based on data, it’s based on invoice value.
“So, if the business is growing, the cash is available, it goes up and down with the business.”
She continued: “This is probably the single biggest time across any kind of recession where invoice finance is actually really going to come into its own because this is based now on what businesses are going to do in their trading, on their new forecast, on their new orders, and on their new contracts. This is singly the best product that can align with that.”
Josh Levy, CEO of Ultimate Finance, said it was time that invoice finance firms started ‘making noise’ around the different products on offer, adding: “Now this is the time for the industry to shine. The reality is that the benefits that were described at the start, have been the benefits for as long as anyone can remember, and nothing’s changed.”
The Office for Budget Responsibility has also predicted that as many as 40% of government-backed loans could default.
The panel agreed products from non-bank funders can help to reduce this number.
Ant Persse said while the BBB and the government had stepped in to help firms when they needed it the most, inevitably there will be some businesses that do fail, but there will also be ‘great businesses’ that simply need access to liquidity.
“As we emerge from this crisis, we will be in a really strong position to support them,” he said.
Martine Catton said invoice financing should no longer be seen as an ‘alternative’ option, but a viable one for SMEs.
She said the sector should work towards more collaboration with other lenders and mainstream banks to understand the needs of businesses.
“We’ve got to look at how we can do deals in different ways,” she explained.
“We’ve got to start looking at what the future looks like. By looking at how we can fund businesses and what the requirements are, we can work together as a group to serve UK SMEs and I think we can do a really good job.”
Evette Orams observed the terminology used within invoice finance made it difficult for SMEs to understand the offering and that the funding shouldn’t be classed as ‘plan B’ but should be seen as a first option.
“It’s down to us as a community, as an industry, to communicate our offering. We need to look inward, innovate and paint a new picture that we can share with potential users in how we can help them shape their business and move forward.”


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The next Battlefield game is arriving in 2021, programmer DICE has verified. In an announcement to IGN, the Swedish studio stated that, with assistance for Star Wars: Battlefront II and Battlefield V winding it down, it’s”centered on the future of Battlefield” to get a brand Newgame set for launch in 2021.
This new Battlefield game has been declared in October 2019, where time writer Electronics said the game could release in the organization’s financial year 2022, which runs in April 2021 to March 2022. We understand a specific launch interval –sometime in 2021.
EA has not shared any concrete facts about the brand new Battlefield game. However, it did tease the name will be”targeting new invention which will be permitted by next-gen platforms.”
From the time this new Battlefield game releases in 2021, the PlayStation 5, along with Xbox collection X, is going to be on the marketplace, which means that you can probably expect it to start on these consoles, in addition to PC.
EA said it’s releasing this new Battlefield game in 2021 rather than 2020, once the new consoles launch, to make the most of the more significant install base. “Bringing out Battlefield [at 2020], in which the console foundation is fairly modest, does not give justice to the possibility of this name, and thus that is a part of the driver in transferring the name into financial 22,” EA direction stated.
The DICE LA studio is presently being conducted by Respawn co-founder Vince Zampella, as a portion of their expanded responsibilities of the latest promotion.
2018’s Battlefield V happened in World War II, while 2016’s Battlefield 1 had been set during World War I. The show has not seen a modern-day launch because of 2015’s Battlefield Hardline.


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Natasha Starr on Gashouse Radio Sunday Night
Nov 16, 2012 3:15 PM PSTNatasha Starr will be on Gashouse Radio’s Rob Velivis Show this Sunday night, Nov. 18.
Girlfriends Films to Roll Out ‘Road Queen 24’
Nov 16, 2012 2:30 PM PSTGirlfriends Films' "Road Queen: Part 24" will be released on DVD on Nov. 20.
AMK Empire Ships ‘Hairy Fun’ Nov. 19
Nov 16, 2012 2:00 PM PSTAMK Empire’s “Hairy Fun” ships on DVD Nov. 19.
BBW FanFest Announces Early Bird Special Offer
Nov 16, 2012 11:00 AM PSTBBWFanFest.com has announced the release of early bird specials, offering savings on ticket prices and booth purchases.
Evil Angel, Jonni Darkko Release 'Bikini Clad Cum Sluts 2'
Nov 16, 2012 10:00 AM PSTEvil Angel and Jonni Darkko release "Bikini Clad Cum Sluts 2," and ode to summer girls, bikinis and pools.
Release Date Set for Porn Publisher Paul Raymond Biopic
Nov 16, 2012 9:00 AM PSTMichael Winterbottom's "The Look of Love," a biopic based on porn maverick Paul Raymond, premieres in the U.K. on March 8..
Natalia Starr Featured in New Mofos Scene
Nov 16, 2012 7:00 AM PSTNatalia Starr is featured in a new scene on Mofos.com called Late for a Blowjob.
Nikki Benz Feature Dances at Blush This Weekend
Nov 15, 2012 3:30 PM PSTNikki Benz heads to Pittsburgh to feature dance and do radio appearances this weekend at Blush, Nov. 15-17.
DreamZone Announces 'MacGyver XXX'
Nov 15, 2012 2:45 PM PSTDreamZone Entertainment will release in January a porn parody of the beloved ABC action-adventure series "MacGyver."
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Nov 15, 2012 1:30 PM PSTSmash Pictures has set a Dec. 13 release date for "Whale Tail 6," the latest volume in its ongoing tribute to exposed thong-wear.
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The CEO of Canadian development team Vankrupt Games announced that it’s a shooter Pavlov will arrive on PS VR 2 (Unofficial name), PS5 augmented reality headset. In practical terms, Pavlov is the first confirmed game for the new Sony PlayStation helmet, which we still know very little about.
Announced via Twitter. The CEO said Pavlov will also be available on PlayStation platform. A user responded by asking if the shooter was coming to PS VR (PS4), but the developer responded by saying that it would be available on PS VR 2 (PS5) since then. The first speaker doesn’t have the ability to run the Pavlov with the required graphics quality. Below you can see Pavlov’s trailer.
At the moment, we have no idea the real name of the PS VR 2, and we haven’t been able to see the headset itself yet. However, Sony showed the new controllers Which abandons the outdated design to approach a similar style to Oculus, you can see the official photo below.
We know those New consoles for PS VR 2 It will include a number of features similar to DualSense, such as adaptive triggers and haptic feedback. It will also be able to detect the movement of the fingers (thumb, forefinger, and middle finger) without any pressure. The handset will definitely be launched after 2021, and will provide improved resolution and other features. You can find the original news at this address.
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YouTube media franchise Spy Ninjas is coming to Roblox this month, as part of an agreement between Spy Ninjas‘ licensing agent Surge Licensing and Roblox developer Shaggy Doge, founded by toy industry veteran Shawn McCarthy.
The online serial drama follows Chad Wild Clay, Vy Qwaint, and their Spy Ninjas team as they set out to save the world from an evil hacking group called Project Zorgo through detective work and martial arts. In the upcoming inspired game, which has not yet been titled, a new Project Zorgo splinter cell threatens Roblox, so Chad, Vy, and the team must jump into the metaverse and save Roblox with the help of their fans/fellow Spy Ninjas.
Currently, Spy Ninjas launches seven new episodes weekly, boasting over 400 million monthly views and over 37 million subscribers.
The game launch will be supported by the Spy Ninjas YouTube channels, including their gaming-focused channel; on YouTube, Chad and Vy will prompt gamers to join them on Roblox to help them solve riddles, spot clues, do detective work, and battle Project Zorgo.
“We already like to think of our content like a video game that our audience plays in real time, so expanding into the Roblox environment, which lends the opportunity for interactive play, and where we know our fans already live, is a natural next step,” said Chad Wild Clay and Vy Qwaint. “We are excited to soon be able to seamlessly integrate the stories between the YouTube and Roblox platforms, where Spy Ninjas gamers will participate in a hyper-focused and participatory experience.”
“Our fans are already on Roblox, which entertains 150 million monthly gamers, making it an ideal platform for us to extend the Spy Ninjas experience. Our fans are there so we will be bringing the experience they’re craving directly to them,” added Surge VP, Elan Freedman. “We are thrilled to be working with Shaggy Doge to bring this new game to our fans to further engage with the characters and stories they love. It’s an exciting new development, adding to our successful 2020 toy launch from Playmates Toys and the opening of our global store by Event Merchandising.”
The past year has seen the brand grow with the launch of master toy partner Playmates Toys’ line in October 2021 at Walmart.com, Target.com, and Amazon.com. Brick and mortar retailers are beginning to sell the line this year as well, with Target already carrying it. The first wave of the toy roll-out features spy gadgets, including secret electronic spy ninja gear, decoders, ninja weapons, a new Project Zorgo mask, and spy activity kits from the series.
Event Merchandising also launched the official Spy Ninjas eCommerce global store in December, spyninjasstore.com. Additionally, Spy Ninjas episodes air on Amazon Prime, Apple TV and Roku through partners Janson Media and Future Today.


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KUCHING: The Sarawak Convention Bureau (SCB) recently launched its ‘Soulful Orangutan Appeal Project’ at Imex America.
This key trade show for the global meetings, incentive travel and events industry was held in Las Vegas, USA on Oct 14-16.
A press release issued by SCB yesterday said the project would be an ongoing SCB trade show initiative to promote Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC)’s popular corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme ‘Heart2Heart with Orangutans’.
With just a ‘Like’ and a ‘Share’ of ‘Soulful Orangutan Appeal Project’s’ Facebook page, visitors can be part of the programme and make a difference.
Each ‘Like’ equals a US$1 donation from SCB under the name of each participating individual.
“The response to Soulful Orangutan Appeal Project was encouraging as we had visitors to our booth enquiring about not only Sarawak’s CSR programmes, but what else the destination could offer; which was our main objective,” said SCB managing director Mike Cannon.
SCB said exhibiting under the Malaysia banner with partners Malaysia Convention and Exhibition Bureau (MyCEB), CPH Travel Agency and Borneo Adventure from Sarawak was a great success.
Built on a core trade show format, Imex America offered great networking opportunities and free education thanks to multiple partnerships with leading global and American industry associations, it said.
Continue reading (Incl. Pics) at: Sarawak Convention Bureau launches Soulful Orangutan Appeal Project.


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Sad news for Pokémon GO players in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area. It looks like an ordinance that will influence the use of smartphone games in parks will be put into effect. More specifically, creators of smartphone games like Pokémon GO will need to get permits before they can use park locations within games.
Confused? I’ll explain.
Pokémon GO is well known for using landmarks and other public locations within both cities and rural areas to place Pokémon at for people to “catch” during gameplay. Because of this function, groups of people can often be found at the locations playing the app and interacting with one another at all hours of the day. For the most part, GO players have found the app to be extremely helpful for social means; some city officials, however, aren’t feeling that same love.
Ever since GO’s release last summer, Milwaukee residents have reported numerous incidents pertaining to littering and noisy disturbances taking place after-hours. Supervisor Sheldon Wasserman said taxpayers were responsible for paying for “thousands of dollars” of damage to Lake Park, the location where most of the trouble stemmed from.
“Neighbors of Lake Park took photos and recorded videos of empty beer cans, trash piles, trampled turf and overflowing toilets. There were also complaints of late-night activity, traffic congestion and unauthorized vendors.”
The complaints have been circulating throughout local news outlets ever since GO picked up its fandom, and it’s taken months for the ordinance to officially be approved. The changes made to the city won’t restrict public access to any parks, but will instead require game creators, like Niantic, to acquire permits when it comes to using parks as destinations for players to flock to for in-game tasks.
With Milwaukee being the home city of the Nintendo Wire team, this will most definitely affect people we know in the area and their use of Pokémon GO now and in the future. Have any similar ordinances or laws been put into place for you or anyone you know? Let us know in the comments below.
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With the Omicron variant of COVID continuing to spread, brands and media outlets are cancelling or pulling back on plans for in-person attendance at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January, including General Motors. General Motors CEO Mary Barra (above) was originally scheduled to deliver an in-person keynote address. The automaker now plans to debut the all-electric Chevrolet Silverado EV via livestream.
The automaker is also suspending work on some vehicle programs and said salaried employees will recover lost earnings in a lump-sum payment within a year. Senior executives will see deeper pay cuts on top of the 20 percent deferment as the company scrambles to preserve cash.
Ford, General Motors, Fiat Chrysler, Honda, and Toyota said they would shut down all factories in the region, citing concerns for employees who work in close quarters building automobiles. Nissan will close U.S. factories. Hyundai shut down its Alabama plant after a worker tested positive for the virus.
General Motors will sit out the Super Bowl, the company confirmed. Last year the automaker aired two 30-second ads in the Big Game supporting its Chevrolet brand, but all its makes will be absent from the ad lineup during Super Bowl XLIX. GM will, however, have some presence in the game — Chevy will present the Most Valuable Player with a Chevrolet Colorado, a spokeswoman said.
The U.S. Treasury Department has slashed its stake in General Motors to 7.3%, putting the government within months of ending its direct ownership of the automaker. The government revealed in an investment transaction report Tuesday that it had reduced its stake in GM more than previously expected.
The Japanese company sold 9.7 million cars and trucks worldwide in 2012, although it’s still counting. GM sold 9.29 million. Both companies saw higher sales, but Toyota’s growth was far larger as it rolled out new versions of popular models like the Camry.
The automaker’s lackluster ads and loss of marketing head Joel Ewanick raise doubts about GM’s ability to improve sales longer term. Experts say that even though it’s making better cars and trucks, advertising has failed to get the message across. Despite spending upwards of $4 billion a year on marketing, GM hasn’t been able to dent the perception that other brands are better.
General Motors Co. ousted Joel Ewanick, the high-profile marketing chief brought in to change the automaker’s image, after company officials questioned the propriety of a deal he negotiated to sponsor the Manchester United soccer team, people familiar with the matter say.
General Motors has dismissed global marketing chief Joel Ewanick two years after hiring him. “He failed to meet the expectations the company has of an employee,” spokesman Greg Martin said Sunday, without elaborating.
Goodbye Super Bowl, hello Hallmark Channel. General Motors agreed to spend money in the TV upfront negotiations but has come away with deals that moved its advertising out of top-tier networks and shows and into less expensive units.
An examination into the motivations and an analysis of the risks of Joel Ewanick’s strategy to stare down the TV networks on price hikes.
Media buyers say the big automotive maker has been at a stalemate with CBS, and possibly NBC — which reportedly follows one it has been having at Fox over pricing. General Motors still seems on the outs with most networks because — according to media executives — it has directed its new media agency Carat USA to ask for big rollbacks, and some double-digit decreases on pricing.
The midnight shift returns. At GM, nearly one in five U.S. hourly workers now clocks in close to midnight and goes home around sunrise.
GM’s top marketing executive said today the automaker will plow savings from a recent decision to drop Super Bowl advertising into other ads and marketing efforts to support a slate of vehicle launches planned in 2013.
General Motors will not advertise in next year’s Super Bowl because it is too expensive, the top marketing executive for the U.S. automaker said three days after the company announced it was dropping paid ads on Facebook Inc. The 2013 Super Bowl will be broadcast by CBS, which is selling 30-second ads for as much as $4 million.
Troubles in Europe hurt the company during the first three months of the year. GM said today it earned $1 billion, or 60 cents per share, in the quarter. That compared with $3.2 billion, or $1.77 per share, a year earlier, when earnings were boosted by the sale of GM’s stake in a parts company.
General Motors has thrown the transmission in reverse, exercising options to cancel a substantial portion of its second quarter upfront commitments. According to several sources, GM has pulled out of nearly 50% of its 2Q upfront buys in broadcast and cable, the maximum allowable under the terms of network ad contracts.
General Motors has consolidated its $3 billion global media buying and planning account with Aegis’ Carat as part of its ongoing effort to create efficiencies and cut costs and agencies.
General Motors CEO Dan Akerson foresees flat industrywide U.S. auto sales in 2012, but says GM can continue to prosper because of a low breakeven point, sustained in part by the new contract with the UAW. Akerson’s market forecast for next year is gloomier than that of many analysts, but he doesn’t buy the predictions of a sales-juicing incentive binge.
General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group extended their existing labor contracts with the UAW after failing to agree on new deals by a midnight Wednesday deadline. GM said talks will resume today at 10 a.m. ET.
General Motors is launching a global media review — and it’s a huge one. In its March 2011 10-K, GM reported worldwide advertising costs of $4.26 billion in calendar 2010. In 2009, it spent $3.37 billion on global media, according to Ad Age DataCenter estimates.
General Motors Co. outsold Toyota Motor Corp. globally in the first six months to become the world’s largest automaker after the record March earthquake disrupted production in Japan. GM sales rose 8.9% to 4.536 million units in the half-year ended June 30, the Detroit-based automaker said yesterday. That compares with 4.13 million units at second-ranked Volkswagen and 3.71 million units for Toyota, including its luxury Lexus marque and affiliates Daihatsu Motor Co. and Hino Motors Ltd., according to statements by the companie
General Motors has signed on as one of the larger sponsors of Fox’s X Factor, becoming the second major advertiser to pledge support for the much-anticipated musical-contest program, according to people familiar with the situation.
General Motors Co. plans to step up its spending on sponsorship of TV entertainment this year, driven by a growing interest in reaching more women who might be drawn to its long-time support of sports like baseball and golf. One project in development: landing a role for GM’s plug-in hybrid Chevy Volt in a reality show.
NBC has struck a big Olympic sponsorship deal for the 2012 London Summer Olympics Games — one that is looking to regain its sports image, General Motors.


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Marathon Oil
Friday after the closing bell said media reports that it is soliciting offers to purchase the company are erroneous. Marathon Oil said news reports after a media roundtable on April 7 indicated that the Houston-based company would be interested in receiving purchase offers, following CEO Clarence Cazalot's response to a question that Marathon is "for sale every day on the New York Stock Exchange. To the extent that someone wants to offer a premium, the board would consider it." Marathon said it "remains convinced" that staying a fully-integrated company is the greatest value to shareholders.


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Richard Exon, Founder of Joint, discusses what the past year of sport can tell brands and businesses about what interests the public, and reflects on how brands should focus on hope and honesty when it comes to driving campaigns.
It’s not often that a fantastic summer of sport includes the England men’s football team losing on penalties, the men’s cricket team being soundly beaten at home and our Olympic rowers failing to win a single gold medal.
But this year sport really was fantastic. And fascinating in what it can tell brands and businesses about what interests people and what we get excited by.
There has been a lot written recently about how brands are increasingly successful by being genuinely helpful, offering material and useful support during a bewildering 18 months of COVID-19.
As we reflect on a summer where athletes’ mental health, gender politics and gestures of solidarity have driven the headlines just as much as the results, perhaps there are two further ‘Hs’ brands should think about this year and next.
The first is hope.
We saw a football team howled at in Hungary as they ‘took the knee’ before crushing their opponents. We saw a 43-year-old win her 17th gold medal to become Britain’s greatest ever Paralympian. We saw an 18-year-old from Bromley make history as she became the first qualifier to ever win a tennis grand slam.
In each case the story of victory transcended the individual sport or tournament and touched something more fundamental in each of us.
Because in each case we felt a sense of hope.
Hope that gestures can be meaningful and that progress, whilst difficult, is possible.
Hope that effort, resilience and commitment really do pay dividends.
Hope that life can present astonishing and unexpected opportunities for those with talent who work extremely hard.
Sport lifts us out of ourselves and the relentlessly grim news cycle that surrounds us. Brands can too.
Positivity and optimism – well judged and well executed of course – are powerful drivers of human emotion. Any brand that successfully points to a more hopeful future and credibly gives itself a role in getting there will go further, faster.
The second is honesty.
In a world full of fake news and broken political promises (including, but not limited to, those written on the side of a bus) people could be forgiven for becoming professional cynics.
What’s certainly true is that all brands face more scrutiny and scepticism than ever before.
So too do sportspeople the world over.
Perhaps that’s why businesses and athletes who come across as authentic are often the most successful.
In fact, in marketing terms at least, the very meaning of the word authentic has shifted in recent years.
Whereas once authenticity was all about provenance and heritage, today we tend to use it to signal honesty and being consistent around a particular set of values.
This is why brands can learn a lot from the backlash suffered by Piers Morgan and Nigel Farage when they rushed to associate themselves with Emma Raducanu’s victory.
It struck people as inconsistent at best and dishonest at worst, given both these professional provocateurs’ previous positions on a variety of topics.
So, a big thank you to all the amazing sports stars of summer 2021 who have reminded us that as well as being helpful, brands that are hopeful and honest will have the best chance of winning.


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Apple posted its first ever drop in iPhone sales. Re/code's executive editor Walt Mossberg looks at the great gadgets of the past, and the maturing smartphone.
Discussing whether Apple's innovation has stagnated and whether investors should buy into the company with Kevin O'Leary, "Shark Tank" Investor & TV Personality and O'Shares Investments Chairman, and David Pearl, Executive Vice President, Co-Chief Investment & Portfolio Manager at Epoch Investment Partners.
Dawn Chmielewski, Senior Editor at Re/code, and CNBC's Josh Lipton discuss Apple's innovation pipeline and where the company could go from here.
Discussing the future for virtual reality in the fields of documentary filmmaking and sports, with Gary Hustwit, Filmmaker and Scenic VR CEO, and Brendan Reilly, EON Sports CEO.
Millions of workers are choosing to go active in the office, thanks to a slew of brand new office products gaining traction—and dollars—fast.
Rumors have emerged that a new version of Sony’s PlayStation 4 will be called the NEO, and experts think the console will help boost sales.
Facebook Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer leads the teams building new technology for the social media giant, and that often means saying “no” to cool ideas.
Jessi Hempel, Wired senior writer, discusses the secrets of virtual reality company Magic Leap which managed to raise a billion and a half dollars and has yet to produce a single product.
Luann De Lesseps, "Real Housewives of New York," and Ramona Singer, "Real Housewives of New York," discuss how their roles on reality television helped launch their entrepreneurial careers.
Dr. Ali Rezai, Director of Ohio State Neurological Institute, provides insight to the breakthrough brain technology that is helping a paralyzed man regain feeling in his limbs.
Andy Smith, CEO DailyBurn, and Jesse Hertzberg, Livestream CEO, talk about their companies' partnerships with Facebook on its Facebook Live platform.
Re/code Executive Editor Kara Swisher talks about the White House taking on the cable box, Microsoft suing the Justice Department and her political ambitions.
CNBC's Josh Lipton reports on GoPro's new developer program for other companies to integrate their tech with the popular action camera.
CNBC's Meg Tirrell reports the latest on the threat of regulator sanctions against Theranos and founder Elizabeth Holmes.
Want to experience products and services before buying them? Beck Besecker, Marxent CEO, explains how his company allows potential buyers to test drive everything from medical devices to home remodels.
John Foley, Peloton CEO and co-founder explains how his company is shaking up the cycle routine by allowing users to live stream spin classes in the comfort of their home.
Walter Mossberg, Editor-at-Large at Re/Code and Executive Editor at The Verge, talks about Facebook's F8 Developers Conference and Slack's future for corporate communications.
CNBC's Julia Boorstin reports on Facebook's push for new media creation and live streaming.
Mike Isaac, Tech Correspondent for The New York Times, and Shelly Palmer, Palmer Advanced Media CEO and Managing Partner at Landmark Ventures, discuss Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg's keynote at the F8 Developer Conference.
David Marcus, VP of Messaging Products at Facebook, speaks with CNBC's Julia Boorstin at the F8 Developers Conference about the company's push for chatbots in Messenger, as well as the competition and innovation in the A.I. interaction space.


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Completely Ignores Relevant Vaping Studies
Dr. Neil McKeganey, Director of the Center for Substance Use Research in Glasgow, Scotland, has a few choice words to say about US Surgeon General report on vaping. Dr. Mckeganey states that the report fails to take into consideration numerous benefits vaping offers to adult smokers and that it’s negatively framed around the concern about underage vaping.
‘Surgeon General’s report completely ignores recent recommendations from a variety of respected bodies, including the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) and the United Kingdom’s Department of Health’, says Dr. McKeganey in an article published in The Hill. ‘Both of these respected associations have recommended vaping as an alternative to combustible cigarettes and have conducted research that suggests that vaping might be up to 95% less harmful than smoking!’
While underage vaping is something that needs to be addressed, Dr. McKeganey feels that it’s wrong to condemn an industry that has so much to offer in terms of smoking cessation and prevention goals. He concludes his criticism of the SG’s report saying that he hopes that the next US government takes into consideration the full body of evidence about vaping before developing further policies that would harm the vaping industry.
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Trivandrum: Research In Motion (RIM) and Startup Village today announced the launch of the first BlackBerry Innovation Zone in India, which will be located at Rubus Labs in the Kerala-based Startup Village. This will be the first Innovation Zone in the Asia Pacific region, and will showcase the latest in BlackBerry technology to inspire future entrepreneurs.
“Our partnership with RIM marks a historic moment for Startup Village as RIM, which has revolutionised the mobile industry globally, will create an Innovation Zone in India to share experiences with young technology entrepreneurs in the country,” said Mr. Sanjay Vijayakumar, Chairman, (Board of Governors), Startup Village.
"We thank RIM for selecting Startup Village for its first Innovation Zone in India. The overall objective of the partnership is to motivate young minds by giving access to RIM’s mobile technology, as well as imparting valuable experiences and training from BlackBerry experts," said Alec Saunders, Vice President of Developer Relations and Ecosystems Development, RIM.
“We are happy to partner with Startup Village to set up our first
Innovation Zone in India. Rubus Labs is designed to empower the spirit
of innovation in the minds of young entrepreneurs and students in India,
and we’re excited to provide them with access to the latest BlackBerry
products and technical know-how,” said Alec.
Training sessions will be conducted across the 126 engineering colleges
in Kerala under the BlackBerry BASE (BlackBerry Apps by Student
Entrepreneurs) program as part of the campus outreach network of Startup
“Rubus Labs will also be an experiential zone for school children, to
introduce them to the world of smartphones and help them experience the
limitless possibilities of mobile technology,” said Mr. Sijo Kuruvilla
George, CEO, Startup Village.
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The flagship online bingo brand of GVC Holdings Gala Bingo has unveiled its latest UK-wide digital advertising campaign’ Bingo like a boss.’
The promotional campaign is led by reality TV star Paisley Billings from the series ‘Tattoo Fixers’ by E4, promising to highlight the ‘sassy side of the online bingo community.’
Bingo like a Boss’ is the first advertisement created by Gala Bingo (Gala Spins) under the creative direction of London advertising agency Antidote, which secured GVC’s £ 13 million worth of bingo advertising account at the beginning of the year.
Antidote has been charged with rethinking the Gala Bingo brand for modern audiences in its remit as creative lead.
The digital campaign will support Gala Bingo’s high daytime TV plan from 24 February to 16 March, in which the online bingo brand retains sponsorships of the iconic Australian soaps Neighbours and Home and Away via ITV’s The Chase and Channel 5.
Head of Brand Marketing at Gala Bingo, Karina Adrian said: “We wanted to mix up the category and refresh our brand. We are a brand with significant heritage and branding that has stood us in good stead, however, the time felt right to revamp and refresh, bringing us into the roaring 20s.
“We want to show a younger audience how fun and exhilarating the game can be, showing there is something for everyone. We’re really excited to unleash Gloria on the nation and bring the sass to bingo”
— Gala Bingo (@GalaBingo) February 25, 2020


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G&K Services Launches Pilot Program to Test Hybrid Electric Delivery Trucks
G&K Services, Inc. has launched a pilot program to test hybrid electric trucks in its fleet of delivery vehicles.
The company has placed hybrid electric diesel step vans into service in its locations in Northern California.
The new hybrid trucks are projected to cut fuel consumption and carbon emissions compared to conventional delivery vehicles.
The new vehicles were obtained in partnership with the State of California’s Hybrid Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP). G&K said it will work closely with the State of California and the vehicle manufacturers to track and analyze the performance of these vehicles and assess the technology for broader use.
“We are excited to get these new hybrid trucks on the road, making deliveries to our customers,” said Dick Stutz, G&K’s Senior Vice President of Operations. “G&K is focused on both maximizing the fuel economy of our delivery fleet and being good stewards of the environment.”
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- A report by the UN World Tourism Organisation has revealed the top 9 tourist destinations in Africa.
- The data also shows exactly how much tourists are spending in these countries.
- Egypt tops the list as the country with tourist spending across the continent.
Here are the top 9 tourist destinations in Africa
The UN World Tourism Organisation has released its 2018 report which shows that the global tourism industry was worth a total of $1.7 trillion at the time.
At $12 billion, Egypt holds the number one spot as the African country reaping the greatest benefits from tourist spending.
According to the report, these tourism receipts include their flight tickets and whatever goods and services travellers paid for at their destinations.
Why travellers spend the most in Egypt
Egypt's revenue is probably due to the fact that it has hosted the biggest sporting event in the continent - the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) - on four different occasions since its start in 1957.
Prior to hosting the 2019 edition, the Sports and Youth Minister Ashraf Sobhy predicted that “The Africa Cup of Nations Championship (AFCON) is likely to attract more than 50,000 tourists to Egypt in June 2019."
Major events like these result in an influx of people whose expenses benefit the country’s tourism sector and the general economy.
Aside from this event, tourists visit to see beautiful sights like the Giza Necropolis, one of the remaining seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the beaches, great resort towns, the Egyptian Museum with over 120,000 items and the 6th of October Panorama.
Based on the money spent by tourists, here are the top 9 destinations in Africa:
- Egypt — $12 billion
- South Africa — $9 billion
- Morocco — $8 billion
- Nigeria — $2 billion
- Tunisia — $2 billion
- Tanzania — $2 billion
- Mauritius — $2 billion
- Sudan — $1 billion
- Uganda — $1 billion.
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WASHINGTON – In their effort to achieve more balanced health and nutrition, a growing number of American consumers are turning to organic products, according to a new white paper from the Food Marketing Institute
“Organic Shoppers May Not Be Who You Think They Are” is the analysis of the data from the institute’s “Trends in the United States: Consumer Attitudes & the Supermarket, 2001.”
According to the data, the organic industry has grown from an average of $6 billion in revenue in 1999, to $7.8 billion in 2000.
“Supermarkets have seen a steady rise in consumers seeking to achieve better nutrition and overall health,” said Janice Jones, director of research at the Food Marketing Institute.
“Many consumers indicated they see organic products as being the most natural food available in the stores.”
Twig eaters. Jones said most Americans used to view organic shoppers as a small group who were more nature-conscious and earthy.
“Now we see that today’s organic consumers comprise about a third of all shoppers and represent nearly half of all grocery shoppers in stores that carry organic products,” she said.
According to the report, shoppers who buy organic foods and shoppers who do not have areas in which they share and areas in which they differ in their shopping preferences.
The key differences are that the organic consumers:
* Rank high-quality fruits and vegetables as the number one factor in choosing a primary grocery store (90 percent), whereas non-organic shoppers chose a clean/neat store as their top preference (88 percent);
* Have a higher annual income (35 percent make over $50,000 annually) and spend more money on groceries ($81 on average per week);
* Are usually more educated (61 percent have some college experience and 10 percent have postgraduate degrees).
In addition, organic consumers are more likely to be women who work more than 20 hours a week, and are very likely to be between the ages of 25 and 39.
In the stores. In the survey, 69 percent of all those surveyed reported that their primary store offered natural or organic foods, although they did report a lower percentage in the Midwest than in other areas of the country. The highest percentage of organic offerings were in urban or suburban areas.
Both shoppers who buy organic foods and those who are not interested look in the newspaper for grocery specials. And they use newspaper and magazine circulars to compare prices at different stores.
However, shoppers who do not buy organic food products (80 percent) are more likely to cite low prices as a top factor in selecting a supermarket than are shoppers looking for organic (72 percent).
Interestingly, the consumers of organic foods remain more loyal in their shopping habits, visiting an average of only 2.5 grocery stores a month. Consumers not looking for organic food products visit an average of 3.1 grocery stores in a month.
“Clearly, organic-oriented shoppers are much more likely to cite the availability of, and the broad selection of, organic products to be the most important factor in selecting their primary supermarket,” Jones said. “They also tended to be much more loyal to one store.”


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- GEM Digital Limited has committed $50 million to SoMee through a token subscription facility.
- The blockchain-based social media platform will use the investment to increase the liquidity of native token $SME
- SoMee users earn token rewards in $SME and Hive blockchain’s $HIVE when they like or post on the network.
SoMee.Social, a blockchain agnostic social media platform powered by HIVE blockchain technology, has secured a $50 million investment commitment from Bahamas-based digital asset investment firm GEM Digital Limited.
Liquidity for native token $SME
An announcement by the platform on Friday said that the investment group’s backing was being provided via a Token Subscription Facility, which SoMee will channel into fueling liquidity for its HIVE-backed native token $SME.
SoMee also plans to leverage the investment to drive further growth for its SoMee.Social network, including incentivising users. In this, SoMee users have access to US dollar-denominated earnings that reflect their rewards in $SME and $HIVE tokens.
Network users earn these tokens from posting content or “liking” posts by other users. The incentives apply to all users across SoMee and all HIVE-based applications tapped into the social media channel’s posting data.
SoMee, which received startup grants from Amazon Web Services (AWS) and IBM, will officially be available in the Apple and Google app stores by early September. The platform is already accessible via web at SoMee.Social.
The post SoMee.Social secures $50M investment commitment from GEM Digital appeared first on CoinJournal.


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25 Essential Colorado Breweries
There are more than 5,000 registered breweries across the country and around 360 in Colorado alone—nearly 15% of the U.S. market. From tightly-curated taprooms to well-stocked bottle shops, discerning drinkers are spoiled for choice in the self-proclaimed “State of Craft Beer,” home to such beloved institutions as Avery, Left Hand, Oskar Blues, Great Divide, New Belgium and Odell.It makes you wonder: How does a market flush with fantastic beer show no signs of slowing down? Steve Kurowski, the operations director for the Colorado Brewers Guild—essentially a lobbyist for independent brewers—has some thoughts."It's a mix of many things—a perfect storm," he explained in the lead-up to Colorado's annual Craft Beer Week. "For one thing, I don’t think Coloradans respond very well to big business. We like knowing who makes our bagels, and we like knowing who brews our beer.”He continued, "It’s also part of our DNA. We’ve got a handful of breweries that are over 20 years old, so there’s people in their 20s who don’t know what it’s like to have a life without craft beer.”If you're only in Colorado for a week and want to make sense of its massive craft beer scene, here's a start. We rounded up 25 can't-miss breweries in nearly every corner of Coors country.


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Developers have just secured the green light to build a range of units on a 12 acres site fronting Broadway and the Eagle Business Park.
Construction of the new Enterprise Park is expected later this year and the new hub is forecast to create up to 325 jobs.
News of the go ahead for the project comes amid concern among business leaders that the Peterborough area is running short of land that is specifically earmarked for industrial use.
Peterborough City Council leader Councillor Wayne Fitzgerald has already vowed to look at reopening the council’s Local Plan, which sets out which sites can be used for employment development, in a bid to find more commercial plots.
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Commercial property agents Eddisons, incorporating Barker Storey Matthews, and Savills, which are instructed as joint sole agents for the new park, say they have already received a large number of inquiries from businesses interested in moving on to Enterprise Park.
They are confident a number of local businesses - and some from further afield - are poised to reserve units with the official launch today of Enterprise Park.
Richard Jones, director at Eddisons Peterborough, said: “Currently there is a severe shortage of available employment development land in the region causing a shortage of stock and potentially restricting local growth.
“We see this development coming at the right time to help fill some of the demand for freehold modern good specification warehousing.
“The developer, is also determined that high standards of build quality and landscaping are maintained on Enterprise Park – given its frontage and prominence on the edge of Yaxley village.
“The developer is now on site and first units will be available later this year and early next year.”
The two part development will offer units suitable for trade counter, light industrial, showroom or even leisure uses.
The first part will be a speculative scheme of detached, semi-detached and terraced industrial and warehouse units ranging from 1,870 to 7,674 sq ft and that will be offered for sale.
Units are of steel portal frame construction, to an eaves height of six metres, have office and toilet facilities, electric loading door, concrete loading and block paviour parking.
Secondly plots are available for companies wanting a more bespoke building.
Plots front Broadway and can be offered for warehousing, trade counter and leisure uses and will be available to buy with a design and build offer.
The developer will also consider building to lease if a long lease is taken and subject to covenant.
News of the go ahead for Enterprise Park comes in the wake of new figures from the Department of Work and Pensions that the employment rate in Peterborough has plunged over 12 months despite the Covid-19 pandemic.
The number of jobless people in Peterborough in November last year stood at 9,368 people - - the latest date for which the DWP has figures - a fall of 1,873.


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So much for the theory that rising wholesale volume would cause used-vehicle prices to soften — or even crash, as some doomsday observers feared.
The Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index climbed to a new record high in May as analysts determined wholesale used-vehicle prices (on a mix-, mileage- and seasonally adjusted basis) rose 2.6 percent month-over-month. The movement brought the index reading to 127.9, which is a record high and represented a 2.8-percent increase from a year ago.
The previous index high came last September when it was 126.9.
“The May index result challenges concerns that increasing wholesale supplies from near peak off-lease volumes and rising rental volumes would lead to rapidly declining used-car values. Indeed, the opposite appears to be happening,” new Cox Automotive chief economist Jonathan Smoke said in commentary that accompanied the latest index update.
“Higher commercial volumes at auction are providing the used vehicle market with quality and choice that offers a compelling value to consumers,” Smoke continued.
“Dealers responded to the consumer demand for used vehicles by purchasing the most vehicles at Manheim for the month of May since 2008,” he went on to say. “Year-over-year growth in sales outpaced the growth in inventory, which helped result in the record high index value. A slightly younger mix of vehicles also likely contributed to the record index level.”
Looking deeper at the six vehicle segments Manheim tracks for its update, analysts spotted May prices for pickups and vans helped to lead the charge to the new index record as they rose 9.1 percent and 7.3 percent, respectively, on a year-over-year basis.
Only the midsize car category dropped year-over-year, declining by 2.4 percent in May.
Within the off-rental market, Manheim determined the average price for rental risk units sold at auction in May dipped 2 percent year-over-year and 1 percent compared to April.
Analysts also mentioned SUV/CUVs accounted for 29 percent of rental risk sales in May versus 25 percent during the same month last year. Compact cars’ share fell from 31 percent to 27 percent.
Manheim added that the average mileage for rental risk units in May (at 38,900 miles) settled 9 percent below a year ago.


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The live service gaming industry is facing some tough times, as several popular titles are set to shut down soon. CrossfireX and Knockout City are the latest games to join the list of games that will be discontinued in the near future.
CrossfireX, the Xbox console version of the popular tactical shooter game, was released less than a year ago but has not garnered the success that was hoped for. Smilegate, the game’s developer, has stopped selling the game and is offering refunds for purchases made in the last two weeks. The CrossfireX servers will be shut off on May 18th.
We have an important announcement about the future of Knockout City.
Season 9 will be our final Season. All servers will be shut down on June 6th. We have more in store, so stay tuned!
Learn more about the upcoming sunset in our latest blog: https://t.co/15hTpzmSyq
— Knockout City (@knockoutcity) February 3, 2023
Knockout City, a dodgeball brawler game, is also facing a similar fate. The game was published by Velan Studios after the studio parted ways with EA. The ninth season of the game will be its last, and the servers will shut down on June 6th. However, Velan will offer an option for PC players to run the game on private servers.
The closure of CrossfireX and Knockout City is part of a larger trend in the live service gaming industry. Echo VR, Apex Legends Mobile, Battlefield Mobile, Rumbleverse, Crayta, and others are also closing down, while Back 4 Blood and Marvel’s Avengers are ending development, but the servers will remain online. With an ever-increasing pool of gamers, competition in the live service gaming industry is fierce, and only a few games are able to sustain success in the long term.